Northeastern’s emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem was highlighted by the school’s NEXPO, Northeastern University Entrepreneurship Expo, held at Northeastern’s Cabot Athletic Center this past week. Approximately 40 diverse ventures were showcased for students, faculty, alumni and members of the Greater Boston tech community.
Among those in attendance was Hugh Courtney, Dean of Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Courtney commended the breadth of the startups involved Wednesday. “The diversity of ventures … suggests to me a healthy venture accelerator,” the dean noted, soon pointing to another powerful part of the program: the students. “I really do believe it’s the student-run nature of IDEA that is the secret to its success.” The expo showcases IDEA’s top ventures, which have been coached by IDEA’s coaching team, made up of enthusiastic students whose sole goal is to see their peers succeed.
“They’ll do everything in their power to help you get to where you want to be,” said Shivangi Shah, co-founder of genius.box, a startup dedicated to delivering a STEM education to its users. “The fact that Northeastern has this kind of support system has been so helpful.”
